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it is directed by, and stars ben affleck, and tonight, andrea mitchell talks to him about what he saw in history that made him want to convert it to the screen. >> reporter: argo, a film that could have been taken from today's headlines, an angry mob sto storms the american embassy, somewhere in the middle east, but this is not benghazi or cairo, it is tehran. it is in the hands of students tonight. they took 52 americans, most of them diplomats, hostage, in what became a 44-day nightmare, the movie, starring ben affleck, said he was drawn to the story because it was so much like today. >> i knew it would be the revolution, the consequences of the revolution, i didn't know it would be so tragic and resonant. >> reporter: for days, americans were glued to their tv on word of the hostages. many didn't know. six embassy workers escaped to the home of the canadian ambassador. and the big secret? a daring cia officer who created an improbable plan to rescue them. >> they're a canadian film, or science fiction movie. >> we all fly in together to tehran. >> we had a film, we had real estate,
it is directed by, and stars ben affleck, and tonight, andrea mitchell talks to him about what he saw in history that made him want to convert it to the screen. >> reporter: argo, a film that could have been taken from today's headlines, an angry mob sto storms the american embassy, somewhere in the middle east, but this is not benghazi or cairo, it is tehran. it is in the hands of students tonight. they took 52 americans, most of them diplomats, hostage, in what became a 44-day...
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mitchell, thank you. >>> and the supreme court today takes on a question of race, and the question, has affirmative action run its course? the justice department is looking into the case, deciding whether or not they can take racial background into account as colleges decide who to admit. our justice correspondent, pete williams with more. >> reporter: brian, 30 years ago, in a case called bachi, the supreme court said that a college can take a person's race into account when providing admissions, because it provides better diversity. now the question seems to be, how much diversity is enough? like nearly all american colleges, the university of texas at austin tries for racial diversity, but the way they did it was tried by a senior, abby fisher. >> the race should not be considered. >> reporter: she says that affirmative action kept her out. >> there were people with lower grades who were not -- the only difference between us was the color of our skin. >> reporter: she says the state law that guarantees the top 10% of graduates makes the university racially diverse enough. 29% his
mitchell, thank you. >>> and the supreme court today takes on a question of race, and the question, has affirmative action run its course? the justice department is looking into the case, deciding whether or not they can take racial background into account as colleges decide who to admit. our justice correspondent, pete williams with more. >> reporter: brian, 30 years ago, in a case called bachi, the supreme court said that a college can take a person's race into account when...
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andrea mitchell, this format, questions coming from the moderator, in this case, martha radditz of abc news, but as you know the candidates have a skill on the topics, what is the short list for each guy? >> reporter: well, i think just watching what president obama and mitt romney have been arguing about, gives you a road map on what we expect to hear tonight. you will hear arguments over the budget, over medicare and taxes. and these two men, remember, paul ryan and joe biden were on opposite sides of the negotiating table, during the super committee on the failed budget, where they failed to reach agreement. so they have a lot of past history and will air their arguments in public. you will also hear joe biden bring up abortion, because mitt romney said just this week he didn't know of any legislation that he would go after abortion if he was elected. well, he and his team walked that back, but joe biden is going to try to interest women voters. and then, there is benghazi, you know they will go after that, a lot of criticism on the hill, spreading out after the campaign. both of th
andrea mitchell, this format, questions coming from the moderator, in this case, martha radditz of abc news, but as you know the candidates have a skill on the topics, what is the short list for each guy? >> reporter: well, i think just watching what president obama and mitt romney have been arguing about, gives you a road map on what we expect to hear tonight. you will hear arguments over the budget, over medicare and taxes. and these two men, remember, paul ryan and joe biden were on...
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andrea mitchell is heading up our team working on that. tom brokaw is another member of our team in the arena, in denver. and tom, the conventional wisdom has a way of kind of bubbling up these days during the event. and i imagine one of the plot lines tomorrow will be here's mitt romney, as we said, energized, coming right from the game. he has been in an active, very active campaign heretofore, and the president has been on the job in that realm during this whole time. >> well, governor romney did spend a lot of time preparing for this debate, and it paid off. he had a well-organized narrative. he knew his brief. and this was the candidate that the republican party's been waiting to show up, as a matter of fact. and a lot of businessmen that i've talked to that have dealt with mitt romney in the past have been bewildered by his performance as a candidate. but this is the mitt romney that they described to me as he sat down at a table and did a deal. he had a cycle of themes that he wanted to keep coming back to. the objective realities o
andrea mitchell is heading up our team working on that. tom brokaw is another member of our team in the arena, in denver. and tom, the conventional wisdom has a way of kind of bubbling up these days during the event. and i imagine one of the plot lines tomorrow will be here's mitt romney, as we said, energized, coming right from the game. he has been in an active, very active campaign heretofore, and the president has been on the job in that realm during this whole time. >> well, governor...
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more on that tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: it would be hard to miss today's target voters. >> i know you want the same thing for your daughters or sisters or moms. or grandmothers, as i do. >> fewer women are working today than when he took office. and so of the people who have gotten hit the hardest, it is women. >> would you assign the lilly ledbetter equal pay law? no answer, he can't say if he would sign the law already on the books. at an obama rally in ohio, even the boss chimed in ohio, even th what do women want? mitt romney says jobs. >> this president's office has failed women, they suffered in terms of getting jobs. >> reporter: trying to make up for the binder of women stumble in the debate, the ryan campaign was in iowa. >> and i know that governor romney would be that type of person to work across the aisle. >> reporter: the president counters that he would oppose the law. permitting more women to sue for equal pay ose the >> i have two daughters, i want to make sure they get paid the same as somebody's sons for doing the same job. >> reporter: both ca
more on that tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: it would be hard to miss today's target voters. >> i know you want the same thing for your daughters or sisters or moms. or grandmothers, as i do. >> fewer women are working today than when he took office. and so of the people who have gotten hit the hardest, it is women. >> would you assign the lilly ledbetter equal pay law? no answer, he can't say if he would sign the law already on the books. at an obama...
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so you can tell the white house is taking it very seriously. >> andrea mitchell in the d.c. news room, along with chuck todd, thank you both tonight. >>> there is news tonight on the tainted outbreak. there are more cases and more deaths sadly to report tonight. the cdc says the number of confirmed infections is up to 105 in nine different states. the death toll has gone up to eight. our report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: at st. thomas hospital in nashville, 71-year-old janet russell remains in intensive care, battling meningitis. >> to watch mom, shake, and grab her head in pain should not happen. >> reporter: her symptoms began in early september, a week after she received a common steroid injection for back pain. investigators believe the steroid was contaminated and came from the new england compounding center which shipped the vials to doctors and clinics in 23 states. now there have been eight deaths, among them, diana reid, last week. >> my heart is broken for the loss of my dear friend and for her husband and boys right now. >> reporter: so for, the
so you can tell the white house is taking it very seriously. >> andrea mitchell in the d.c. news room, along with chuck todd, thank you both tonight. >>> there is news tonight on the tainted outbreak. there are more cases and more deaths sadly to report tonight. the cdc says the number of confirmed infections is up to 105 in nine different states. the death toll has gone up to eight. our report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: at st. thomas hospital in...
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our report tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: a week later at the democratic convention, clint eastwood's chair was still getting laughs. >> i know it's an iffy chair. it makes you nervous, doesn't it. that's all right. i'm going to sit on it. >> what do you mean shut up? >> reporter: it was a rambling, unscripted appearance at the republican convention that went more than twice as long as it was supposed to. it went viral. eastwood immediately started trending on twitter. mitt romney's top aides acknowledged they didn't know what eastwood would say, unheard of at a national political convention, where speakers are timed to the second. >> i know what you're thinking. >> reporter: now eastwood has told his hometown newspaper the carmel "pinecone ♪ they vet most of the people, but i told them you can't do that with me because i don't know what i'm going to say. he said the idea of interviewing an imaginary president obama in an empty chair came at the last moment when a stagehand kept asking him if he wanted to sit down. inspiration struck as he was walking out on stage,
our report tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: a week later at the democratic convention, clint eastwood's chair was still getting laughs. >> i know it's an iffy chair. it makes you nervous, doesn't it. that's all right. i'm going to sit on it. >> what do you mean shut up? >> reporter: it was a rambling, unscripted appearance at the republican convention that went more than twice as long as it was supposed to. it went viral. eastwood immediately started...
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>> andrea mitchell in washington for us tonight, andrea, thanks. >>> we want to bring in more members of our political team, our nbc news political director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press" david gregory and garrett haake, he is one of our campaign embeds, he has been covering romney every day on the road for 13 months. there are few people who have seen more of the inner workings of this campaign than garrett so garrett, we'll start with you, and given how much you know about this campaign, how close you've been able to get to the candidate, how did the atmospherics of all this look to you today? >> brian, as you said, in 13 months i've really not quite seen anything quite like this today. the energy level was a step up completely from even some of the big rallies during the primary campaign. you had crowds lining the street. the events were loud. people were shouting back at romney and at paul ryan. they were chanting "usa," really an incredible atmosphere, and you could see even the candidates sort of react to it. romney was tripping over w
>> andrea mitchell in washington for us tonight, andrea, thanks. >>> we want to bring in more members of our political team, our nbc news political director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press" david gregory and garrett haake, he is one of our campaign embeds, he has been covering romney every day on the road for 13 months. there are few people who have seen more of the inner workings of this campaign than garrett so garrett, we'll...
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mitchell, thank you, in washington. >>> as recently as yesterday, the head of tourism in lebanon was angry at this past episode of the popular tv show "homeland," for portraying brute then, an explosion of violence ter what was a peaceful run there. a massive car bomb where some fear that the war in syria is spreading. eight people are dead, our report tonight from stephanie gosk in brute. >> reporter: the bomb devastated a narrow street in one of a narrow street in one of beurit nicest residential neighborhoods. buildings collapsed, cars burned, calm turned to chaos. the whole place was destroyed, this woman yelled. god saved me, but there is nothing left. no roof, no windows. the explosion left a 15-foot crater, among the dead, al-hassan, one of lebanon's top officials. they made an urgent plea for blood as more than 100 were rushed to emergency rooms. this has been the fear all along, that violence in syria would spill over its borders, many believe that is what happened today there in beirut country. but until today, the some of the same sectarian l divisions that fuelled the civ
mitchell, thank you, in washington. >>> as recently as yesterday, the head of tourism in lebanon was angry at this past episode of the popular tv show "homeland," for portraying brute then, an explosion of violence ter what was a peaceful run there. a massive car bomb where some fear that the war in syria is spreading. eight people are dead, our report tonight from stephanie gosk in brute. >> reporter: the bomb devastated a narrow street in one of a narrow street in one...
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our report tonight from our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. >> reporter: sparking the confrontation, the two security officers from the consulate who said the requests were either turned down or ignored. >> we were fighting a losing battle. we couldn't even keep what we had. we were not allowed to keep what we had. >> it was very clear we were not going to get resources until the aftermath of the incident. >> reporter: republicans accused them of lying regarding the protests over an anti-muslim video. >> there was no protest, and cameras reveal that. >> this was never about a video's it was never spontaneous, it was terror, i want to know why we were lied to. >> reporter: this after the comments from u.s. ambassador, susan rice, days after the attack. >> the current assessment, what happened in benghazi, was initially a spontaneous reaction to what happened in cairo. >> reporter: in fact, they acknowledged there never was a protest, all was quiet until at night, when all hell broke loose, with dozens breaking through. they rushed to christopher stevens's bunker, th
our report tonight from our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. >> reporter: sparking the confrontation, the two security officers from the consulate who said the requests were either turned down or ignored. >> we were fighting a losing battle. we couldn't even keep what we had. we were not allowed to keep what we had. >> it was very clear we were not going to get resources until the aftermath of the incident. >> reporter: republicans accused them of...
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we begin our coverage with andrea mitchell. good evening. >> good evening. the president showed up today armed with attack lines against mitt romney a day late. trying to regain his footing after a rocky debate performance, the president today seemed everything he was not last night. >> the man on stage last night, he does not want to be held accountable for the real mitt romn romney's decisions and what he's been saying for the last year. >> mitt romney was greeted with thunderous applause this morning. >> last night, i thought was a great opportunity for the american people to see very different visions for the county 2ri. >> the morning after, even supporters said the president seemed tentative, defensive, frequently looking down at his notes like ford, carter, bush and bush. almost too accustomed to the oval office. not used to being challenged. most surprising, the president did not use some of his most potent attack lines. mitt romney's comments that 47% of the country don't pay federal income taxes. or romney's position on women's health issues. the p
we begin our coverage with andrea mitchell. good evening. >> good evening. the president showed up today armed with attack lines against mitt romney a day late. trying to regain his footing after a rocky debate performance, the president today seemed everything he was not last night. >> the man on stage last night, he does not want to be held accountable for the real mitt romn romney's decisions and what he's been saying for the last year. >> mitt romney was greeted with...
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well, nbc's andrea mitchell has been leading our post debate truth squad, and last night during our special coverage with brian williams, she zeroed in on one of mitt romney's most frequent attack lines against the president. >> and then the president began what i've called an apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. i think they looked at that and saw weakness. >> bob, let me just respond. nothing governor romney just said is true starting with this notion of me apologizing. this has been probably the biggest whopper that's been told during the course of this campaign. >> reporter: the president pushes back very hard on this. in fact, he never used the word apologize when he went overseas to cairo in 2009 explaining that he thought the u.s. had made some mistakes in dealing with the world. many consider it a matter of diplomacy, a matter of nuance, but these are open to interpretation, and romney points to several examples including when president obama said in strassburg in 2009 that, quote, america has shown some arrogance and been dismissive,
well, nbc's andrea mitchell has been leading our post debate truth squad, and last night during our special coverage with brian williams, she zeroed in on one of mitt romney's most frequent attack lines against the president. >> and then the president began what i've called an apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. i think they looked at that and saw weakness. >> bob, let me just respond. nothing governor romney just said is true...
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>> andrea mitchell remains in denver tonight. thanks. and, of course, thanks to social media, getting reaction to a debate isn't a morning-after thing anymore. it's a real time thing and the talk about the event in denver is still going on tonight. that part of our story from nbc's john yang. >> the right answer for government is to say how do we make the private sector become more efficient? >> reporter: even before they finished talking, another debate was raging online. the twitter world exploded. conservative journalist byron york, an absolutely one-sided debate. big, big win for romney. liberal comedian, bill maher. i can't believe i'm saying this, but obama looks like he does need a telepromter. analyst stu rothenberg. what happened to obama? the president didn't seem prepared. it continued on the airwaves. >> i don't know what he was doing out there. he had his head down, he was enduring the debate. rather than fighting it. >> romney supporters celebrated. >> this was awesome, from start to finish. particularly measured against fe
>> andrea mitchell remains in denver tonight. thanks. and, of course, thanks to social media, getting reaction to a debate isn't a morning-after thing anymore. it's a real time thing and the talk about the event in denver is still going on tonight. that part of our story from nbc's john yang. >> the right answer for government is to say how do we make the private sector become more efficient? >> reporter: even before they finished talking, another debate was raging online. the...
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andrea mitchell has more on what happened last night. >> reporter: a lot happened last night, when it was all over, the house remained republican, the senate remained democratic, but that doesn't mean a lot didn't change in the election last night. in a year when a male senate candidate talked about legitimate rape, and mitt romney spoke awkwardly about binders of women. the new senate will have five women elected, ranging from the first asian-american woman, to elizabeth warren, who defeated scott brown in massachusetts. >> you better believe we're going to fight for equal pay. >> reporter: and tammy bald wind win is the first openly gay. >> i will be a senator for all of wisconsin. >> reporter: as for the republican candidates, richard akin, and akin lost to mccaskill, who held on to her senate seat. in new hampshire, all the top elected officials are now women. the governor, both senators and the members of congress, democrats started to recruit women candidates almost two years ago. >> almost at the beginning of the time when the republicans came into power in the house and the fi
andrea mitchell has more on what happened last night. >> reporter: a lot happened last night, when it was all over, the house remained republican, the senate remained democratic, but that doesn't mean a lot didn't change in the election last night. in a year when a male senate candidate talked about legitimate rape, and mitt romney spoke awkwardly about binders of women. the new senate will have five women elected, ranging from the first asian-american woman, to elizabeth warren, who...
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andrea mitchell maintains composure in difficult circumstances. when something happens that causes you, the viewer, to be able to see andrea mitchell slightly recoil, be slightly shocked, that's really something. that something happened earlier today. i want you to look closely. this is andrea mitchell on her fantastic 1:00 p.m. msnbc show today. did you see that reaction? that reaction from the unflappable andrea mitchell who never does that? what made that happen? what made -- watch. that never happens. here's what made that happen. mitt romney's national campaign co-chairman today dispatched by the campaign to talk about last night's debate, here's how he did it. >> what people saw last night i think was a president that revealed his incompetence, how lazy and detached he is. >> governor, i want to give you a chance to maybe take it back. did you really mean to call barack obama the president of the united states lazy? >> yes. i think it -- i think you saw him admit it the night before when he delivered the pizzas. he said, you know, they're ma
andrea mitchell maintains composure in difficult circumstances. when something happens that causes you, the viewer, to be able to see andrea mitchell slightly recoil, be slightly shocked, that's really something. that something happened earlier today. i want you to look closely. this is andrea mitchell on her fantastic 1:00 p.m. msnbc show today. did you see that reaction? that reaction from the unflappable andrea mitchell who never does that? what made that happen? what made -- watch. that...
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here is an interview with andrea mitchell, who i know was taken aback when she heard these words. >> what people saw last night i think was a president that revealed his incompetence, how lazy and detached he is, and how he has absolutely no idea how serious the economic problems of the country are. he's lazy and disengaged. >> lazy. i don't know how many more dog whistles or trumpets you need to play. it's lazy, the food stamp guy. you know what? this isn't sophisticated because it does play on ideology only in the sense that ideology words are words that are bad words. >> these are the same guys that opposed busing in boston. these are the same guys that call african-americans in general lazy. there's just something wrong with them. it's the same dog whistle you hear over and over, and it's a particularly rich dog whistle to be blown by john sununu who himself is a naturalized american, born in havana, neither of his parents are american. barack obama has more roots in the united states of america than john sununu does. >> by the way, one of the great ironies of our lives living in
here is an interview with andrea mitchell, who i know was taken aback when she heard these words. >> what people saw last night i think was a president that revealed his incompetence, how lazy and detached he is, and how he has absolutely no idea how serious the economic problems of the country are. he's lazy and disengaged. >> lazy. i don't know how many more dog whistles or trumpets you need to play. it's lazy, the food stamp guy. you know what? this isn't sophisticated because it...
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"andrea mitchell reports" is next, live from new york city. good evening, andrea. >> good afternoon. on "andrea mitchell reports"" is this the red line at the u.n. president obama issues a warning to iran. >> america wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy and there is still time and space to do so. but that time is not unlimited. make no mistake a nuclear armed iran is not a challenge that could be contained. it would threaten the elimination of israel, the security of gulf nations and the stability of the global economy. >> and a message for those inciting anti-american outrage in the middle east. >> there are no words that excuse the killing of innocence, no video that justifies an attack on an embassy. >> only a few blocks away, mitt romney at the clinton global initiative says president obama's policies aren't working. >> iran is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. we somehow feel we're at the mercy of events rather than shaping events. >> and governor romney jokes about his host, bill clinton. >> if there's one thing we've le
"andrea mitchell reports" is next, live from new york city. good evening, andrea. >> good afternoon. on "andrea mitchell reports"" is this the red line at the u.n. president obama issues a warning to iran. >> america wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy and there is still time and space to do so. but that time is not unlimited. make no mistake a nuclear armed iran is not a challenge that could be contained. it would threaten the elimination of...
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that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tamron has a look at what's next on "news nation." hi, tamron. >> a victory for mitt romney, but did he win because he's so vague last night. ezra kline joins us. what might be the million dollar question. why didn't president obama bring up romney's 47% remarks? bain capital or even more details on romney's taxes. well, patrick gaspar from the dnc will join me live. we'll find out what he knows. our "news nation" political panel today are all with me live, and we have some breaking news regarding the fbi now in libya. "news nation" is up next. [ male announcer ] attention medicare beneficiaries. open enrollment is here. the time to choose your medicare coverage begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so call to enroll in a plan that could give you the benefits and stability you're looking for, an aarp medicarecomplete plan insured through unitedhealthcare. what makes it complete? it can combines medicare parts a and b, which is your hospital and doctor coverage with part d prescri
that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tamron has a look at what's next on "news nation." hi, tamron. >> a victory for mitt romney, but did he win because he's so vague last night. ezra kline joins us. what might be the million dollar question. why didn't president obama bring up romney's 47% remarks? bain capital or even more details on romney's taxes. well, patrick gaspar from the dnc will join me live. we'll find out what he knows. our...
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i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. as the president warms up that crowd, five hours from now, missouri senate candidate todd akin either caves in to republican pressure and pulls out of the race, hangs around and pays penalties if he gets out later. our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows just how bad it is for congress even before this controversy. just how unpopular congress really is. take a look at this. 82% of those polled now disapprove of congress, that's tied for the all-time high in our polling. only 12% approve. joining me now from new york, chuck todd, nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director, host of "the daily rundown" and here on the set, national journal's white house correspondent major garrett. chuck, let's go through the poll numbers. this is a terrible number for congress. what does it say about the wisdom of putting a house member, house republican, on the ticket? >> well, first, look, we're always looking to figure out how can the country come together. well, the count
i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. as the president warms up that crowd, five hours from now, missouri senate candidate todd akin either caves in to republican pressure and pulls out of the race, hangs around and pays penalties if he gets out later. our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows just how bad it is for congress even before this controversy. just how unpopular congress really is. take a look at this. 82% of those polled now disapprove of congress, that's tied...
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our chief correspondent, andrea mitchell, good evening. >>> good evening, tonight, the white house confirmed the attack was an act of terror, officials say by al qaeda members. questions remain why it was planned and why initial reports were wrong. under heavy guard, secretary of state hillary clinton, arriving in libya today to attend a memorial service for the americans killed there. now that the fbi is on scene, the u.s. acknowledged reports of a protest gone wild were wrong. jay carney said i think that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. president obama was asked at that at a forum today. >> what we do know is that the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm u.s. interests. >> reporter: intelligence officials now believe it could have been a planned attack all along, looking like a protest. today, officials briefed top members of congress. >> i think the story now is that there was not a demonstration. this was a pre-planned attack. >> reporter: but after the killings, the
our chief correspondent, andrea mitchell, good evening. >>> good evening, tonight, the white house confirmed the attack was an act of terror, officials say by al qaeda members. questions remain why it was planned and why initial reports were wrong. under heavy guard, secretary of state hillary clinton, arriving in libya today to attend a memorial service for the americans killed there. now that the fbi is on scene, the u.s. acknowledged reports of a protest gone wild were wrong. jay...
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andrea mitchell in havana. our week long effort to jump-start an initiative called hiring our heroes, veterans returning from the war are facing finding a job. we will talk to two more congress men involved in helping the fight to get unemployed veterans back to work. mitt romney sizes up vice presidential options with jay leno and told him what special positions rick santorum would have. first the look ahead at the president's schedule. it's a day of rest after that horrible jet lag time zone issue you get when you come back from asia. no public events today. you are watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. what's with you? trouble with a car insurance claim. [ dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nons
andrea mitchell in havana. our week long effort to jump-start an initiative called hiring our heroes, veterans returning from the war are facing finding a job. we will talk to two more congress men involved in helping the fight to get unemployed veterans back to work. mitt romney sizes up vice presidential options with jay leno and told him what special positions rick santorum would have. first the look ahead at the president's schedule. it's a day of rest after that horrible jet lag time zone...
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. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in new york. president obama has unloaded the big speech, a cannon shot at the republican budget and mitt romney for endorsing it. he's laid out the key elements of the campaign. with me watching it as the president prepares to take questions, chris cillizza and mark halperin. let's listen in. >> republicans have been sharply critical of your budget ideas as well. what do you say to the americans who just want both sides to stop fighting and get some work done on their behalf? >> well, i completely understand the american people's frustrati frustrations. because the truth is that these are imminently solvable problems. i know that christine la gard i however from the imf, looking at books from other countries ash the world. the challenges they face fiscally are so much more severe than anything we confront if we make some sensible decisions. so the american people's impulses are absolutely right, these are solvable problems if people of good faith came together and were willing to compromise. the
. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in new york. president obama has unloaded the big speech, a cannon shot at the republican budget and mitt romney for endorsing it. he's laid out the key elements of the campaign. with me watching it as the president prepares to take questions, chris cillizza and mark halperin. let's listen in. >> republicans have been sharply critical of your budget ideas as well. what do you say to the americans who just want both sides to stop fighting and...
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>>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," how do you explain quote, legitimate rape? one week before the republican convention, the party is scrambling to run away from this comment by missouri senate candidate, congressman todd akin. >> it seems to me first of all, from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. but let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something. you know, i think there should be some punishment but the punishment ought to be in the rapist and not attacking the child. >> is this a lifeline to democrat claire mccaskill? with control of the senate hanging in the balance. >> he may be acting like he's backtracking but he didn't say he was wrong. all he said was he now is acknowledging that someone can become pregnant when they have been raped. >> what happens in israel stays in israel? two weeks after last august's debt ceiling debacle, 20ouse republicans take a drunken dip in the sea of galilee and one of them, kansas freshman kevin yoder, seems to
>>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," how do you explain quote, legitimate rape? one week before the republican convention, the party is scrambling to run away from this comment by missouri senate candidate, congressman todd akin. >> it seems to me first of all, from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. but let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something....
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andrea mitchell bills herself as an anchor. not a pundit or an opinion person but as someone who is supposed to be a straight news journalist. she is not. she's propagandist. to say this is bad for women, a blanket statement. that is not news, andrea. that's propaganda. >> kimberly: change her name. i don't like her having the same name. >> bob: $5 million over the weekend raising money for romney, we raised $5 million for geraldine ferraro that was 20 years ago. not surprising that you see money coming in. >> eric: is it surprising andrea mitchell saying the women vote won't go to paul ryan? >> bob: no. >> eric: example number three, this is "60 minutes" and about what they did not show you. last night, bob schaefer asked paul ryan about medicare. great answer from the congressman. hit it out of the park. but cbs left it on the cutting room floor and didn't put it on the show, even though they did put it online where nobody watched. take a look. >> in america, the nature of this country has been giving people more freedom, mor
andrea mitchell bills herself as an anchor. not a pundit or an opinion person but as someone who is supposed to be a straight news journalist. she is not. she's propagandist. to say this is bad for women, a blanket statement. that is not news, andrea. that's propaganda. >> kimberly: change her name. i don't like her having the same name. >> bob: $5 million over the weekend raising money for romney, we raised $5 million for geraldine ferraro that was 20 years ago. not surprising that...
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i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. and we are in a special edition today, hurricane sandy growing stronger, reaching what could be historic strength as it heads directly for the northeast. we've got all of our reporters standing by throughout the danger zones with full reports but first, our meteorologist bill karins, live in lower manhattan, bracing for the storm surge tonight. bill, you're down there near battery city and obviously you're looking at tide coming in i guess around 8:30 tonight, is the really first test of just how bad this is going to be? >> yeah. this is slightly scary since this is what it looks like at the low tide, you know. we hit that this morning the high tide, about six hours go to the low tied, get up there. it's already gone down about four or five feet since at peak high tide and from here it's going to go up. the tidal predictions are to the exact science. it's almost like river forecasts. the high drolgss make them with the best knowledge they have. it's not as good as your forecast we giv
i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. and we are in a special edition today, hurricane sandy growing stronger, reaching what could be historic strength as it heads directly for the northeast. we've got all of our reporters standing by throughout the danger zones with full reports but first, our meteorologist bill karins, live in lower manhattan, bracing for the storm surge tonight. bill, you're down there near battery city and obviously you're looking at tide coming in i guess around 8:30...